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Thank you for the shout out, sir. Let me throw in a gift link for those who hit the paywall www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you for the shout out, sir. Let me throw in a gift link for those who hit the paywall www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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A little sad to see that my friend Mark Cavanaugh's name is absent from the acknowledgement list, after > 30 years of seeing him there ... #RetirementHappensinBioinformaticsToo
ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/gbre...
ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/gbre...
December 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A little sad to see that my friend Mark Cavanaugh's name is absent from the acknowledgement list, after > 30 years of seeing him there ... #RetirementHappensinBioinformaticsToo
ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/gbre...
ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/gbre...
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And all of this connects directly to the discussion here.
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
And all of this connects directly to the discussion here.
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.
Right now, NIH institute directors are civil servants and experienced, top-expert scientists. That is the way NIH has run for decades.
It looks like Trump and Vought are planning to politicize those positions.